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Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

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All About Face Masks

Grace Park, Staff Writer | June 4, 2020

   On April 3, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) issued updated guidance about always wearing face masks in public. There is new information emerging every day on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The most effective...

States reopening: Will it be okay?

Grace Park, Staff Writer | May 23, 2020

   As of Friday in Alabama, people are allowed to go to a nail salon. In California, people are swimming at the beach. There are many states that are reopening public facilities. But the question is, is it okay to reopen this soon?    On Saturday,...

Why the coronavirus vaccine will take months to commercialize

Grace Park, Staff Writer | May 20, 2020

   The coronavirus (COVID-19) has been spreading all around the world. At this moment, more than 3,822,000 people have confirmed cases, and 265,100 people have died according to the worldometers website. The coronavirus is affecting 212 countries and...

Swedens Anti-Lockdown

Sweden’s Anti-Lockdown

Shevany Moharir, Editorial Board | May 8, 2020

Starting on May 1, over half of the United States began to reopen after over a month of being on lockdown. Over the next few weeks, more U.S. states and many countries are planning on relaxing lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in what is hopefully the...

Construction during quarantine

Portia Dai, Editorial Board | May 7, 2020

Oakton is finally starting to look like the artist renderings that have been front and center walking down the main hall to the cafeteria; the ceiling-less and drywall halls that students left in mid-March will no longer be when students return next...

Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense

UFO Confirmation Fuels Chaos of 2020

Payton Wozny, Editor-In-Chief | May 7, 2020

In the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, chaos has been seemingly striking the world; adding to this chaos was the confirmation of UFOs. On April 27, the Department of Defense (DOD) released a statement verifying videos from 2004 and 2015...

Governor Northam outlines Virginia’s plan for rem

Lindsay Greenspan, Staff Writer | May 7, 2020

    Though experts argue that it is much too soon for nonessential businesses to be opening their doors, many states are easing their lockdown restrictions. This leaves many Virginians wondering when the state will begin its path to...

How Oakton Students are Grappling with More Time than Ever Before

How Oakton Students are Grappling with More Time than Ever Before

Haley Longfellow, Editorial Board | April 30, 2020

The student body at Oakton can be described as busy, sometimes to an overwhelming extent. On a regular basis, we rush from class to class with a heavy load of preparatory materials upon our shoulders, a reminder of the day’s demands which must each...

No Food Delivery

No Food Delivery

Sitota Mesfin and Grace Park | April 26, 2020

Oakton has recently started talking about their no food delivery policy. While it may have been spoken about in advisory and on cougar news, there are still many Oakton students who do not seem to know what it really is about, or if it is necessary. To...

Oakton in the Works

Oakton in the Works

Haley Longfellow and Charlie Williams | April 24, 2020

PAGE_6&7_RENOVATION Entering the restricted-access entrance to Oakton’s renovation zone, one almost feels like they are entering an alien world. The sounds of the normal school day melt into oblivion beneath the steady hum of the industrial-grade...

The fate of elections during COVID 19

Isabel Knipping | April 24, 2020

  It’s no question that the coronavirus(COVID-19) has impacted and changed lives all over the world. People are social distancing to limit the spread of the virus, which affects everything from grocery shopping to elections. This year on November...

FCPS Distance Learning Does Not Go as Planned

FCPS Distance Learning Does Not Go as Planned

Shevany Moharir, Editorial Board | April 24, 2020

After a month off from school due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, FCPS students “returned to school” on April 14 through the county’s distance learning program. For high school students, this entails weekly live online classes through Blackboard Collaborate,...

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